Show notes

LinkedIn announce that publishing rights will be extended to 230 million users

Taliban leader lists 'Jihad' as a skill on his profile

Dutch footballer Demy de Zeeuw promotes himself on LinkedIn as available for a new club.

Football agent posts that he is looking for the next Xavi or Kroos, on his LinkedIn page!

Main Story - LinkedIn change search result visibility again.

Commentary

My LinkedIn wish list for 2015

Scheduling of status updates and posts

Instant messaging via a Skype integration or LinkedIn own proprietary system

LinkedIn message/InMail 'read' notifications

Common meaning for simple words like 'views' for instance a post view being the same as an update view.

The ability to share image based updates with individuals (see question below)

Question

What is the best way to ask others to share my status update?

ANS = Rather than putting something in the update or comments I would advise sending the update directly to those you know are most likely to help you. The video below explains how this is done.

http://youtu.be/itS21HbXAfs

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